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Conodectes

Conodectidae

Taxonomy
Conodectes was named by Cope (1896). It is not extant. Its type is Conodectes favosus. It is the type genus of Conodectidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Seymouria by Williston (1911) and Case (1911).

It was assigned to Otocoelidae by Cope (1896) and Hay (1902); to Seymouridae by Sushkin (1926); and to Conodectidae by Hay (1930).

Species
C. favosus (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Conodectes Cope p. 124
1902Conodectes Hay p. 430
1910Desmospondylus Williston p. 280
1926Conodectes Sushkin p. 339
1930Conodectes Hay p. 30
1972Desmospondylus Carroll et al. p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
suborderConodectiformes
familyConodectidae
genusConodectes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Conodectes Cope 1896
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†Conodectes favosus Cope 1896
Invalid names: Desmospondylus Williston 1910 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available